But he said, “O Lord God, (A)how am I to know that I shall possess it?” He said to him, “Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.” 10 And he brought him all these, (B)cut them in half, and laid each half over against the other. But (C)he did not cut the birds in half.

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But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord,(A) how can I know(B) that I will gain possession of it?”(C)

So the Lord said to him, “Bring me a heifer,(D) a goat and a ram, each three years old,(E) along with a dove and a young pigeon.(F)

10 Abram brought all these to him, cut them in two and arranged the halves opposite each other;(G) the birds, however, he did not cut in half.(H)

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